Richest Girl in the World Casts Off Normal Life for Adventure
Connie Corby schemes to swap lives with a working girl for a daring escape. The plan involves hiding, disguises, and a yacht fantasy while Connie explains she would like a secret romance and freedom from prying eyes. The other girl agrees, recalling a recent heartbreak and a life of family scrutiny.
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Constance Corby
Bret Hardesty
Rodney Brandon
Connie
Katie Blyn
Uncle Tippy
Tippy
Steady
Grandma Wertz
Tom
Rodney
Marie Antoinette
Gibbs
Lucille
Katlyn
Katie Bilyn
Corie
Katie RB
Luccille
Secret Romance of Connie and Katie Blyn
Connie schemes to impersonate Katie Blyn to escape her public life and claim wealth and privacy aboard a yacht. The swapped identities grant Connie access to luxury and romance while remaining hidden from the world outside Lucille’s box and a discreet side entrance.
Weather Forecast for Carolina and Georgia Regions
Fair tonight and Sunday with colder air intruding to the coast. North Carolina and South Carolina expect frosty conditions along with cooler readings. Georgia shows fair skies with heavy frost and a 24 degree low in southern areas. Winds shift from northwest along the coast and offshore to generally fair conditions through Sunday.
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North Carolina
Carolina
Georgia
Fatteras
Jacksonville
Burde
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Freeh
Efron
Indiana Governor Praised Quail Country and Farm Policy
Indiana Governor Townsend, on vacation in Thomasville area, extols quail habitat and farm life, touts crop control as essential, and backs organized farming via the Indiana Farm Bureau. He credits farmers and local coverage for abundant quail, while deflecting politics to hunting talk.
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Commonwealth
Thomasville
High Point
Townsend
Oscar R. Ewing
New York
Charles Evans Hughes Law Firm
Governor Townsend
Mr. Ewing
Virgil M. Simpson
Indiana
Ken Kunkel
Mpson
Omasville
Miami
Fila
Congress
Farm Legisla
Indiana Farm Bureau
Plans For 1938 State Fair Begin Under Dorton
J S Dorton and the North Carolina fair committee inspect the Raleigh grounds to map needs and policies for 1938. Dorton notes a 1937 profit of 15 548 43 returned to taxpayers with 7 500 in improvements and 790 exhibitors, 12 664 92 in premiums, revenue 68 867 01, expenses 50 (truncated)
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Raleigh
Dorton
Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
North
Carolina
Farmers and industry leaders urge coordinated state policy
The Indiana farmers and business leaders call for government control of farm production. Governor Townsend explains perishability of farm goods and timing of marketing. Ewing and Hughes Schurman Dwight partners praise North Carolina hunting privileges and state conservation support. Hoey’s representative welcomes Townsend’s party in Thomasville.
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AAA
Roosevelt
Indiana
American Farm Bureau
Fiwing
Townsend
Marion
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Ewing
Indiana University
Harvard
Hughes, Schurman and Dwight
United States
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Clyde R. Hoey
Thomasville
Foreigners at Shanghai Protest and Chinese Countermoves
Chinese forces sweep Haichow and Kiangeu destroying wharves and stations as Tokyo pushes toward Shanghai. Japan reports gains at Tsowhsien and Suchow while Chinese planes claim losses at Nanchang. Western observers warn tensions rise between Japan and foreign powers.
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France
Haichow
Kiangeu
Sunghai
China
London Daily Mail
Japan
Shanghai
Tsonhsien
Shantune
Tsowhsien
Suchow
Menezus
Nanchang
Unemployment Claims Rise in State During First Five Days
Raleigh reports 87,000 jobless claims. more than 27,000 benefits processed in state employment offices in initial five days. Officials anticipate about 14,000 additional claimants as operations continue.
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Raleigh
Jan
Canadian fur farm property valued at 1935 total
The record notes the combined value of lands buildings and fur-bearing animals on the Canadian fur farm in 1935 stood at 14972 dollars.
Loyal Army Recaptures Teruel Amid Suffering Refugees
The Loyal Army recaptured Teruel scene as 500 women children elderly and wounded from the hospital were among evacuees. Thirty four insurgent soldiers surrendered from Santa Clara church. Many were ill hungry and exhausted. They asked for water first when freed. Some had been underground during the siege.
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Santa Clara Church
Thousands Return to Motor Industry Jobs
Ford Motor Co plans $11 million in materials and equipment to launch a low-price car and will boost payroll by 1.5 million monthly while expanding workers from 6,000 to 12,000 in weeks. Rouge plant in Dearborn has under 25,000 of 87,000 workers idled, with hopes of full return around Jan 17. General Motors has not disclosed recall timing for about 30,000 workers laid off due to recession.
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Ford Motor Co
Mammoth Rouge
Dearborn
General Motors Corp
Senator Rambles On Propaganda As Senate Debates Civil Rights
Senator Reynolds claims Nazi influence in Brazil under Vargas while Senator Vandenberg counters Roosevelt credited Vargas for the New Deal. The Senate, meeting briefly to pacify southern opponents of anti lynching legislation, considers delaying tactics and a potential radio address by Senator Borah to argue constitutional concerns.
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Can Affairs
Reynolds
Brazil
Vargas
Vandenberg
Remich
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Ths
Barkley
Kentucky
Borah
R-Ida
Turner Confesses to Murder In Asheville Case
Sheriff reports Turner and Payne confessed to killing Penn. Turner said he and Payne left the scene, walked to Biltmore, and later stuffed blanket remnants into bullet holes in their car. A car connected to the crime was found behind a downtown Asheville hotel with bullet-hole damage.
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Biltmore
Turner
Payne
Biltmore Forest
Asheville
Sherif Brown
Dust from Katmal eruption reaches North Africa in two weeks
The 1912 Mount Katmal explosion dispersed ash across hemispheres with dust arriving in North Africa after about fourteen days. Researchers note global atmospheric effects and stratospheric dispersal from the Alaskan eruption.
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Mount Katmal
Alaska
North Africa
FRENCH FACTORIES STAND FIRM ON EVACUATION DEMAND
Paris January 8 Employers insist on removing stay in strikers from factories before any conciliation. J Gigenoux, GCEmploers president, notes Chautemps invitation to a conference to restore industrial peace. Goodrich plant workers vote on return to work amid possible settlement terms. New strike shuts a wine warehouse at Charenton southeast of Paris.
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Paris
Co. J. Gigenoux
General Confederation of Employers
Camille Chautemps
Goodrich
Chautemps
Charenon
Hope for Navy Bomber Wanes Off California Coast
Coast guard crew found a floating oil patch and a broken life preserver near San Clemente Island fueling fear that the navy’s missing bomber with seven aboard may have crashed in the Pacific. The life preserver bore U S and a letter, but officials cautioned it could be from any vessel or aircraft in the search.
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Pacific
San Pedro
Calif
Coast Guard
San Clemente Island
Navy
U. S
Aoe
Rate increase draws mixed show of support and opposition
Representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission and regional businessmen and farmers debated a proposed 15 percent rise in railway freight rates after a two day hearing in New Orleans. Support came from 56 manufacturers bankers and civic groups while South Carolina planters warned higher costs would curb vital farm output and threaten industrial stability. Thurmond Chatham of Chatham Manufacturing urged fairness, saying the rise could benefit general prosperity despite costs to his company.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
South Carolina
Thurmond
Woman Dies From Brew Mistaken for Fellico Root
Mrs. Paul Pless of Canton died after drinking a tea made from wild root she mistook for fellico root. Two sons who drank it also vomited and are recovering in a hospital three hours later. The incident occurred in Canton on January 8 with local authorities investigating.
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Potson Canton
Paul Pless
Secretary Hull appoints Hartwell Johnson to Panama post
Secretary of State Hull announced the assignment of Hartwell Johnson of Aiken South Carolina as third secretary of legation at Panama Panama replacing the current vice consul at Montreal.
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Panama
Washington
Hull
Hartwell Johnson
Aiken
District Homes Promoted As Solution For Insane Problem
Raleigh January 7 Mrs W T Best commissioner of public welfare and charities outlines a plan for district hospital homes to replace county facilities. She says ten to fifteen district homes could serve several counties and free state hospitals for the most acute cases while caring for feeble minded and insane non dangerous patients.
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Raleigh
W. T. Best
Public Welfare and Charities
North Carolina
The Secrets of Tricks Depend on Magician Integrity
Magicians cannot shield the methods behind their tricks. They rely on the honesty of fellow magicians to keep techniques from becoming common property.
Lawyers and Clergymen Die Hard in Britain, Study Finds
A statistics report from Great Britain notes lawyers and clergymen have the longest life expectancy among professions, suggesting the two groups enjoy greater longevity than others.
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Great Britain
Nectarine versus Peach Seed Planting Clarified
A nectarine is a smooth skinned peach. Planting a peach seed can grow either a nectarine tree or a peach tree from a nectarine seed.
Snails Use Rasping Tongues to Eat Food
Snails grip and rasp food with teeth on their tongues. The scraping action wears away the food much like a file grinds down a surface.
Kitchen camera time indoors with still-life potential
A kitchen becomes a photo studio as icebox china and pans offer many still life opportunities. Tips cover lighting with flood bulbs, distances of four to six feet, and capturing candid moments of meal prep and busy hands for lively indoor snapshots using simple equipment.
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Elorup
Chicago Produce Prices Report
Chicago January report shows unsettled creamery standards at 90 central car lots and 32 percent. Other prices unchanged with eggs at 8,138 receipts, 21 percent current, 19 percent refrigerated, and firsts 19 percent.
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Chicago
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Spartanburg
The
Atlantic Build& Loan Association
E. C. Cridlebaugh
Aramount
Panay
Ritter
Rialto
Buater Crabbe
J.S. Dorton
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Teruel
Penn
Jacqueline Gladney
Lorraine Hilliard
Seaside Heights
N. J
Pelican Island Polar Club
High Point Enterprise
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